The Decline of The New Kingdom - Ancient History: Egypt

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Which of these rulers commanded the Egyptian army at the Battle of Megiddo in the fifteenth century?

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The Battle of Megiddo was fought during the fifteenth century BCE between the forces of Egypt and an alliance of Canaanite and Asiatic city-states. It was part of the Asiatic military campaigns of the influential New Kingdom ruler, Thutmose III. It was during Thutmose’s reign that Egypt’s territorial extent reached its greatest height.

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The religious reforms made by Akhenaten were centered around __________.

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The religious reforms of Akhenaten were centered around the worship of the sun disc and the power of light. This is distinct from earlier Egyptian worship which was centered around the worship of the sun as a physical or divine entity.

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The Battle of the Delta was fought between the Egyptian forces led by __________ and __________.

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The Battle of the Delta was fought in the twelfth century BCE between the forces of Egypt (led by Ramesses III) and the Sea-Peoples. The Sea-Peoples were a group of European and Asiatic migrants who repeatedly attempted to settle in the Egyptian delta during the nineteenth and twentieth dynasties. At the Battle of the Delta, Ramesses’ forces repelled an invasion from the sea and defeated the Sea-Peoples.

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